Search for
“mollusca” futile? — Masquerading as a usenet
post by a “Dr. Phillip Dwyer,” this raises a technical
question about the disease (the type that seems unlikely to arise if
the disease is fictional).

Excerpts from
“Into the Stretch” — Masquerading as an excerpt
from an “on the campaign trail” type dispatch of the sort
that were common during the 1996 U.S. Presidential Campaign, this
raises the possibility that Bill Clinton has “The Clam.”

Biological
Warfare — This usenet post puts on the trappings of a
conspiracy theorist speculating that mollusca is the product of
an experimental U.S. biological warfare experiment.

Good News From
Medicine — A brief note about how mollusca is being
researched in the laboratory as a way of helping infertile couples.

The Clam Diggers — Responses to a
personals ad posted to usenet by someone who claimed to be
“clam-positive.”

Re: As I thought, the CLAM is a joke
— The net and urban legends — “Syphilis
untreated can lead to a mental disturbance called paresis… not
especially uncommon among prostitutes in the olden days, was known as
‘Cupid’s Disease’ because 1) it came from the act
of love, and 2) it made you feel giddy and happy and, most tellingly,
horny.” — Robert Matthews

Re: National Security, Clinton
Style — “Why doesn’t Billy [Clinton] let
us take a look into his ‘innocent’ health files? Hmmm?
…Are you afraid we might find some sorid [sic.] disease
that he either contracted or gave to Genny Flowers? You know that
STD..yes, the clam.” — Art Krueger.

The slo.sex Saga — A running debate in one
newsgroup over the status (legit or bogus) of the disease.